Part IIIMiscellaneous

Share fishermen

15.  In regulation 161 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (additional conditions for payment of a jobseeker’s allowance)—

(a)for “week” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “benefit week”, and

(b)after paragraph (3) there shall be added the following paragraph—

(4) In this regulation “benefit week”—

(a)in relation to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, has the meaning it has in regulation 164 (share fisherman: amount payable), and

(b)in relation to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, has the meaning it has in regulation 1(2) (interpretation)..